Xuan Qiao let out a cold laugh, ignoring Mo Zhizhi's words. He simply looked at Joe Di and said, "Joe Di, since you won't let us in, I will report today's events to the Dao Master. The Dao Master will make his own decision. Farewell."
Joe Di suddenly spoke, "No need to go through all that trouble..."
"What? Joe Di, do you intend to keep me here?" As Xuan Qiao finished speaking, his aura surged once again.
Joe Di waved his hand, "I'm not trying to keep you. In fact, I plan to go to the Chaos Gate with you. What do you think?"
"You want to go to the Chaos Gate?" Xuan Qiao looked at Joe Di in astonishment.
Is he courting death? Joe Di actually dares to go to the Chaos Gate with him?
"What, are you afraid to let me go? Although I've never met Ye Mo, I do know where Ye Mo went." Joe Di chuckled.
Xuan Qiao laughed heartily, "If Joe Di is willing to go with me, that's even better. Since I can't enter Celestial Beyond, there's nothing left to investigate here. So I plan to leave right away. Joe Di, are you coming with me now?"
Joe Di replied, "Of course I'll go with you right away, but you'll need to wait for me a moment. I have some matters to attend to."
Xuan Qiao waved his hand, "Joe Di, go ahead. Take as long as you need, I can wait."
After he finished speaking, he took Du Qing, the Hunyuan cultivator beside him, and stepped aside.
Joe Di immediately asked, "Junior Sister Xiang Bing, was there any trouble in Celestial Beyond while I was away?"
Yu Xiang Bing quickly replied, "No, but there was a skinny cultivator named Ci who came looking for you. When he heard you weren't here, he left."
"Alright, thank you for your hard work." Joe Di took out two rings and handed them to Yu Xiang Bing. "Keep the light blue ring for yourself, and give the other one to my wife, Xiuqi. Tell her there's a jade slip with my message inside."
Joe Di left a message on the jade slip, telling Xiuqi that Dylan Lethe and Diana Di had most likely arrived in the Divine Realm, and their cultivation should be quite high.
Regardless of whether the Lu family disciple was killed by Dylan Lethe or Diana Di, their strength must have been considerable. In Joe Di's view, their cultivation must be at least at the Daoyuan Realm.
Since Dylan Lethe and Diana Di have arrived in the Divine Realm, searching for them—even at the Creation Realm—won't be a matter of a day or two. The Five Elements Universe is vast and boundless; finding someone here is harder than searching for a needle in a haystack.
"Don't worry, Brother Joe." Yu Xiang Bing carefully put away the two rings.
Seeing Joe Di looking at him, Mo Zhizhi said, "I'm not going anywhere for now. I'll stay here to heal and cultivate. If nothing urgent happens, I'll wait for you here. If something comes up, I'll set up Celestial Beyond before I leave."
Joe Di nodded, "Senior Sister Mo, I've set up a top-level defensive formation in Celestial Beyond. Ordinary people won't be able to break in..."
At this point, Joe Di switched to voice transmission, "I'm going to the Chaos Gate. If possible, I plan to blast it open and release the locked Chaos Essence inside."
"Just be careful." Mo Zhizhi didn't try to persuade Joe Di; she didn't have the ability to do this herself. If she could, she would have done it already.
Joe Di nodded and asked again, "Senior Sister Mo, who was the one attacking the protective formation of Celestial Beyond earlier?"
Mo Zhizhi sighed, "It was a woman named Xing Xi. You probably don't know her—back then, her cultivation was even higher than mine. She was the owner of the Creation Green Lotus..."
"Xing Xi?" Joe Di's expression turned ugly.
So Xing Xi really has regained her memories, and she even dared to attack his territory. At this moment, Joe Di truly regretted not killing her before. He hadn't done so because Xing Xi had lost her past-life memories and seemed ordinary and even somewhat kind. For a moment, he hesitated and let her go.
He never expected that this woman would never change her nature, actually daring to attack Celestial Beyond.
"You know Xing Xi?" Mo Zhizhi asked in surprise.
Joe Di nodded, "Yes, I spared her once before. I didn't expect her nature to be so unchangeable. Next time I meet her, I definitely won't hold back."
Mo Zhizhi shook her head, "That might be difficult. When she saw me, she was very surprised, but didn't say much and left immediately. At that time, her cultivation should have only been at the Hedao Realm. I doubt she'll come back. I have a feeling she's trying to create a world. From what I know of Xing Xi, if she's going to create a world, she won't take the normal path—she'll definitely seek the strongest method."
"Senior Sister Mo, while I'm away, please take care of this place." Joe Di was a bit worried about Xing Xi. Now that she'd regained her memories, she was no longer just an ordinary person. He wondered how the Green Lotus Saint Master was doing, and hoped they could keep Xing Xi in check.
"You don't need to worry about this place. While I may not be a top expert in other universes, in the Five Elements Universe, I, Mo Zhizhi, still have some reputation. Also, Celestial Beyond is different now—there are fewer cultivators coming and going. Those who do all have their own jade tokens, so I suggest Xiang Bing remove the guards altogether." Mo Zhizhi said.
Joe Di agreed with this approach. Since fewer cultivators were coming and going, removing the guards was a good idea.
After making all the arrangements, Joe Di finally bid farewell to Mo Zhizhi and set off with Xuan Qiao for the Chaos Gate.
Sawyer Walker had tried countless methods, but the massive stone gate before him seemed rooted in the vast universe, completely immovable.
He had no idea why Joe Di had suddenly left, but he was certain Joe Di wasn't looking for some treasure to break open the Chaos Gate.
Maybe he could try using the highest-level chained explosive formation, blow it up, and then use his divine abilities to strike again.
"How did you find this place?" Xuan Qiao led Joe Di straight to the massive stone gate, and before they arrived, he saw Sawyer Walker standing beside the giant gate.
When Sawyer Walker saw Joe Di, he was overjoyed—Joe Di had really returned. As for the two people Joe Di brought, he didn't pay them any attention at all.
Now that Xuan Qiao was asking, Sawyer Walker lazily replied, "With such a big gate, I'm not blind. How could I not see it?"
Xuan Qiao sneered, "If you hadn't attacked, the Chaos Gate would never have appeared. This place would just be a patch of ordinary void. How did you know the Chaos Gate was here and decide to attack?"
"Ha, so it really is the Chaos Gate." Sawyer Walker laughed heartily.
"Fake monk, you're actually pretty trustworthy—waiting here all this time," Joe Di said.
Sawyer Walker ignored Xuan Qiao and looked at Joe Di, "You said you were going to find a treasure to open this gate. Did you find it?"
Joe Di pointed at Xuan Qiao, "Of course I found it. I barely had a moment to rest, but I finally found Daoist Xuan. Only Daoist Xuan can open this gate."
"He can open the Chaos Gate? You really found someone?" Sawyer Walker looked Xuan Qiao up and down, still skeptical. He'd suspected Joe Di had left for some urgent matter, not to find someone to open the Chaos Gate. He absolutely didn't believe Joe Di would do that.
Yet the fact was, Joe Di had really found someone and claimed this person could open the Chaos Gate.
"You two know each other?" Xuan Qiao looked at Joe Di in confusion. He certainly hadn't been sought out by Joe Di, but had just met him outside Celestial Beyond.
Joe Di laughed and pointed at Sawyer Walker, "Sawyer and I are the best of friends. We've been through life and death together, facing countless dangers. If I'm ever in trouble, Sawyer will risk his life to help me. Of course, if Sawyer is ever in danger, I'll give my all to help him, too. We're so close that we even joke around with each other."
After entering the Chaos Gate, who knows what kind of opponents they'll face? Joe Di decided to give Xuan Qiao the impression that he and Sawyer Walker were a team. So, Joe Di's attitude toward Sawyer Walker had already changed in his later words.